tip credit

  • One Fair Wage Could Be In Hot Water (Again) With the IRS

    October 2024 ·   · 

    In February, U.S. House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer opened an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s enforcement (or lack thereof) of non-profit tax laws against progressive activist groups, including anti-tip credit group One Fair Wage (OFW). Once the investigation went public, National Review reports One Fair Wage amended its filings for 2022 to lower its lobbying expenditures to stay in compliance as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit. To remain a…
  • Survey Finds Tip Credit Elimination Harms Chicago’s Restaurants and Employees

    September 2023 ·   · 

    Chicago’s tipped minimum wage has been on the rise for years, leaving declining restaurant employment growth in its aftermath. Yet in the last city council meeting, Chicago aldermen proposed legislation to scrap the Windy City’s tip credit completely. A similar move is already playing out poorly in the District of Columbia, where diners are confused about how, if at all, to tip their local servers. Across the…